From a price to performance standpoint they both have their strengths, and always will that is the nature of business. Intel has the advantage at the moment of having more expensive offerings that are faster than what AMD offers, of course this only applies if you are willing to pay more for more performance. Figure out your budget first, then take a look at what's in that range. Personally AMD has always had the price ratio that I've aimed for. But if I had the cash to drop on a Core 2 Extreme, I probably would in a heartbeat.
IMO, if you want to spend less than $600 on a build then AMD ftw. Otherwise, Intel is better. Although, the phenom is now at a very attractive price, $175 for the 9950. I still prefer the Q6600, it overclocks higher =).
Long live Q6600!
i wonder how the new Q8200 will fair.but i guess it will pwned the 9950BE so bad that will make AMD cry and reduce the price further!so we will be happy with the extra price reduction!
Look at more post by george-pc , he also did it with an ATI VS NVIDIA thread, cut the crap... this thread doesn't make any sense, it's al about flaimbait.
Look at more post by george-pc , he also did it with an ATI VS NVIDIA thread, cut the crap... this thread doesn't make any sence, it's al about flaimbait.
if you're actually plan to play newer games go Intel, besides it clock way better. I went from AMD to Intel few months ago, from what I can see I won't be going back. Unless AMD will introduce some performance 4 normal budget. But when it comes to GFX, AMD all the way though
i lol'd. but if the question is which brand do you prefer, im gonna say neither. i buy whichever cpu offers the best performance for the price i intend to pay. right now i have an amd cpu because i was on an extremely tight budget, but when it's time for my next build, im not going to look at amd any higher than intel. for the record, every other pc that was ever purchased by anyone in my family has been an intel-powered machine.
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